There are some things that simply must be done, regardless of any other considerations.

Need a new tire for your car, you get a new tire. You have a collapsed pipe going out to the sewer main, you get it replaced. Your hard drive is dying, you get a new hard drive.

Because the alternative is not an acceptable alternative in ANY situation. You can't drive to work on three tires and your spare cannot handle the strain of sustained use. You can't even turn on the faucet in your house with the path to the sewer main blocked because it'll all backup into your house and then you're looking at five times the cost to detoxify your house before the town lets you back in. You lose a hard drive, you mess up your RAID, you lose data. Some of which you very well may never be able to find again.

---------------------------------------------------------------------------In the end they will lay their freedom at our feet and say to us, 'Make us your slaves, but feed us.'

****! This is the worst thing that should never affect my computing life, ever!

for me the worst thing would be my gfx card dying out on me. HDD nah..not that important

---------------------------------------------------------------------------"Do you know the difference between education and experience? Education is when you read the fine print; experience is what you get when you don't"